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Mental health in Botswana

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Paul Sidandi ,
Philip Opondo  and
Sebonetse Tidimane
Paul Sidandi
Affiliation:
Jubilee Psychiatric Unit, Nyangabgwe Hospital, Francistown, Botswana, email [email protected]
Philip Opondo
Affiliation:
Jubilee Psychiatric Unit, Nyangabgwe Hospital, Francistown, Botswana, email [email protected]
Sebonetse Tidimane
Affiliation:
Jubilee Psychiatric Unit, Nyangabgwe Hospital, Francistown, Botswana, email [email protected]
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Botswana is a landlocked country located in southern Africa. More than two-thirds of it (70%) is covered by the Kalahari Desert, known locally as the Kgalagadi. The majority (82%) of the nearly 2 million population live in the eastern part, along the railway line from Lobatse in the south-east to Francistown in the north-east, and the rest in the central part, including the Okavango River delta.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , August 2011 , pp. 66 - 68
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